Makes ya want one

Baby can I drive your car?

.......b

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a pair of those shoes

313km/r top speed....?


the rest i dont know....

Yeah, whatever. I can scare myself just as shitless and have as big a grin with my 914 on Mulholland. And have enough $$ leftover for a house in SoCal.

YeHaa!

wow...I understood that ad perfectly and I don't even speak german

That guy either doesn't know how to drive the car (drifting all over the road) or that car is SUPER ass-heavy.

Why do they call the car "carrera", isn't that something that should be only for the 911 evolution? What is the model number of the car? 9XX?

CGT.

It's not an ad... It's part of a tv car show

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That guy either doesn't know how to drive the car (drifting all over the road) or that car is SUPER ass-heavy.

Joking, right?

Notice the Title of the video, Carrera GT mountain drifting.

Just FYI.

QUOTE (thomasotten @ Nov 27 2005, 07:20 PM)

Why do they call the car "carrera", isn't that something that should be only for the 911 evolution? What is the model number of the car? 9XX?

Why would it be exclusive to the 911 evolution? There were 356 Carrera's back in the 1950's. The 911 is a Johnny-come-lately. Basically, the Carrera is the top of the line for Porsche. Carrera is Spanish for race. Porsche used the name to commemorate its successes in the Carrera Panamerica back in the 1950's. Similarly the Targa name applied to the 914 body style as well as some 911's harkens back to the Targa Florio in Italy.

Porsche is getting away from the numbered cars.

QUOTE (davep @ Nov 27 2005, 07:46 PM)

Porsche is getting away from the numbered cars.

I think they should always maintain a number for each car, even if it is secondary to the car's name. The number shows a historical unity of all Porsche cars. I know they used up all the 9's, but they can be a little creative.

go with the 3s.....

b

QUOTE (Brando @ Nov 27 2005, 07:13 PM)

That guy either doesn't know how to drive the car (drifting all over the road) or that car is SUPER ass-heavy.

The Carrera GT is extremely light. Barely weighs over 3,000 lbs. The whole thing is basically made up of carbon fiber. By far one of the most beautiful Porsche's ever made!
-Chris

QUOTE (NeunXIV @ Nov 27 2005, 10:12 PM)

QUOTE (Brando @ Nov 27 2005, 07:13 PM) That guy either doesn't know how to drive the car (drifting all over the road) or that car is SUPER ass-heavy. The Carrera GT is extremely light. Barely weighs over 3,000 lbs. The whole thing is basically made up of carbon fiber. By far one of the most beautiful Porsche's ever made! -Chris

Right on Chris

If I could drive a smidgin as good as the guy in the vid I'd be in hog heaven.

C'mon guys... lighten up

......b

Anyone been lucky enough to see one of these on the go in person? I've seen a few at the Porsche dealer near my area, but they never start them up for you! Makes me mad I've been dying to hear this car in person since I heard it for the first time in the Top Gear video a while back.
-Chris

QUOTE (bd1308 @ Nov 27 2005, 07:35 PM)

313km/r top speed....?

330 km/h top speed ...

Andy

QUOTE (SirAndy @ Nov 27 2005, 11:36 PM)

QUOTE (bd1308 @ Nov 27 2005, 07:35 PM) 313km/r top speed....? 330 km/h top speed ... Andy

okay

i didnt hear the hundert in there....

shit andy i know just a grain of salt's worth of german....your killing me.....

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Last Sept I got to ride as a passenger in a Carrera GT at the Porsche Plant in Liepzig, Germany. The driver drifted the GT around every corner on the test track. It was sooooo coooool.

Heard later, the driver that took us around the track had just been picked for one of the Porsche Super Cup Teams.

If I could drive half as good as this guy, I'd clean up at autocross, he was able to break the rear end loose at the same point on the corners every time we went around.

Later, Don

QUOTE (NeunXIV @ Nov 27 2005, 09:26 PM)

Anyone been lucky enough to see one of these on the go in person?

I was a passenger in a 914 doing the Nurburgring. There was a black C-GT lapping as well.

At one point he passed us in the Carousel - we went around the long way to let him through the quick way. Oh, that engine sound as he floored it out of the turn

I have video, but no where to post it at the moment.

Richard

QUOTE (richardL @ Nov 28 2005, 05:32 PM)

I have video, but no where to post it at the moment.

Send Andy a PM

Engine sounds awesome... screams like an F1

QUOTE (Brando @ Nov 27 2005, 08:13 PM)

That guy either doesn't know how to drive the car (drifting all over the road) or that car is SUPER ass-heavy.

please sell your P-cars and buy a minivan if you don't "understand" why it was being driven that way

QUOTE (Mueller @ Nov 28 2005, 10:13 AM)

QUOTE (Brando @ Nov 27 2005, 08:13 PM) That guy either doesn't know how to drive the car (drifting all over the road) or that car is SUPER ass-heavy. please sell your P-cars and buy a minivan if you don't "understand" why it was being driven that way

.......b

I enjoyed it for a while but then noticed it is the same shots over and over from a couple of differant camera angles. Watch it youll see.

The exhaust note created from that beast of a motor is absolutely amazing! An amazing sound I'm dying to hear in person
-Chris

Try This:

Lowly 914/6 passed by C-GT

Its coded in DivX MPEG4, so I hope it works, please let me know

Richard

QUOTE (richardL @ Nov 30 2005, 11:01 AM)

Try This: Lowly 914/6 passed by C-GT Its coded in DivX MPEG4, so I hope it works, please let me know Richard

Link doesn't work for me....

QUOTE (Mueller @ Nov 28 2005, 12:13 PM)

please sell your P-cars and buy a minivan if you don't "understand" why it was being driven that way

I have heard one of these in person -- think of a "tenor range" F1 engine. You hear the power, but instead of a high frequency shriek, it is more mid-range. It was way different from what I expected. Living in the Midwest, one hears a plethora of big HP V8 motors -- those all have low rumbly sounds. The CGT was much more sinister. Music to my ears...

QUOTE (mikelsr @ Nov 30 2005, 12:19 PM)

Link doesn't work for me....

typo... sorry. I fixed it now

R

I witnessed this car in driving on the Embarcadero in San Francisco. My first thought was "look at that nice Ferrari heading this way", then it got closer and I could hear it and I thought "look at that nice Ferrari heading this way" then I could see a badge and not a prancing pony on the front. As it turned the corner, the engine was a little less whiny than the Ferrari and I could clearly make out the overall Porsche profile. Quite impressive!

How many years do I have to wait until I can get a used one for 5K??

30 years, 50 years, 1,000 years??